6.1.4 Managing Policy Containers

Use policy containers to store and organize policies, similar to how you organize files in folders. Master_Container is a permanent policy container. You can use the Containers tab to create new containers.

A policy container can hold up to 500 policies. When you reach that limit, you must create another container. For performance and for ease in finding a policy, you might want to limit a container to 200 or fewer policies.

If you have only one administrator for configuring and managing policies, you can create additional policy containers to help you keep policies organized. If you have multiple administrators for creating policies, you can create a container for each administrator. This allows multiple administrators to modify policies at the same time.

When an administrator opens a policy in a container, the container is locked. This prevents other administrators from modifying any policies in that container until changes are applied or canceled.

  1. Click Policies > Containers > New.

  2. Specify a name for the container and click OK.

  3. Click Close.

You must delete all the policies in a policy container before you can delete the policy container.

  1. Select the check box of the policy container.

  2. Click Delete.

  3. Click OK.